Tuesday, April 10, 2007

More on today's procedure

Today's Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography or ERCP is explained pretty well here.

The Dr says that they will try to get some cells when he's in there, but this biopsy will likely be inconclusive. If the biopsy is positive, then it's a true positive, but if it's negative, then we still don't know for sure about the presence of cancerous cells until the mass in the pancreas gets a biopsy.

We are just hoping that the procedure relieves the build up of biliruben immediately. John is not sleeping because he itches from the top of his head to the tip of his toes every minute of the day and night. There is no relief from the build up of digestive fluids and salt that are trying to get out thru his skin. I'm trying to find a good resource on biliruben, but time is running short and we have to get going. Once we drop John at admitting and make sure he's all good to go, Elliot and I are probably going to go scope out a movie or something.

All love and good energy sent in this direction is great. We are feelin it and soaking it up and honestly, I think it helps.

Peace & hope
Vicki


1 comment:

Janet said...

Hey Vicki & John,

Just takin a moment here at work to send some love your way. Here's to John's feeling better soon!